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Auction History Result 1y0544 MAD #1 comic book October 1952 first issue, cover by Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood, Jack Davis! Date Sold 4/12/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Comic Book (measures 7 1/4" x 10 1/4" [18 x 26 cm]) (Learn More) Mad, the classic humor magazine ("Humor in a jugular vein") from the 1950s to the present. This comic was published by Bill Gaines (William Gaines) through his company, EC Comics (E.C. Comics), which he inherited from his father in 1947. It was originally a comic book edited by Harvey Kurtzman, and it was one of the famous EC Comics (E.C. Comics) that were banned in the mid-1950s, due to excessive horror content. At that point, publisher Gaines canceled most of his comic book titles, and turned Mad into a magazine with its 24th issue. Unfortunately, he and Kurtzman soon had a falling out, and Al Feldstein, who had been Gaines' writing partner on the Mad comic books (and Feldstein had edited Panic, EC's own imitation of Mad), took over, and the magazine became one of the great success stories of the 1950s and 1960s (led by its trademark character, Alfred E. Neuman, a goofy looking guy whose slogan was "What, me worry?"), with a circulation in the millions at its peak. Gaines never allowed any advertising of any kind in the magazine! In recent years, there was a "Mad" TV show which perfectly captures the spirit of the magazine! Artist: Harvey Kurtzman Important Added Info: Note that we are currently auctioning all 23 issues of the E.C. comic book version of what would become Mad Magazine, with issue 24, in 23 separate auctions, and we are also auctioning an example of Mad #24, the very first issue of Mad Magazine! Contents: "Debut issue of the iconic publication Mad. 'Hoohah!', script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; 'Blobs!', script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; 'Enter Cosmo McMoon!' text story by Harvey Kurtzman. 'Crow Vadis?' text story by Harvey Kurtzman. 'Ganefs!', script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Bill Elder; 'Varmint!', script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by John Severin Please note that we don't use a "comic guide" grading system, and OUR grading scale is completely different from standard comic book grading. Our "very good" is completely different from a comic book graded "very good". Because this comic book is rare and valuable, we provide images of ALL the pages of the comic book, which should allow you to get a sense of the condition of this comic book. Note: We have 19 images of this comic book, but due to a space limitation, only TEN of the 19 images are displayed above. However, there is a "supersize" link to the right of those images that lets you see the other 9. Condition: fair to good. The cover had paper loss scattered down the right edge, more so in the right corners. There was paper loss in the bottom of the right blank border of the first interior page and smaller paper loss in the lower right border of most of the rest of the interior pages. There was also paper loss in the top left corner of the cover, above the "H" of "HUMOR". Some amateur restorer long ago replaced most of the missing paper in the edges of the cover and in the bottom of the right blank border of the first interior page, but otherwise did little or no restoration. We have provided images of every page so that bidders can see for themselves exactly what restoration was performed and the exact condition the comic is in. Please refer to the images BEFORE placing a bid on this comic. The comic will be sent to the winning bidder in a Mylite sleeve with an acid-free backing board. Learn More about condition grades 
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